Researchers at IIT Bombay explain how excess mucus forms narrow humps that leave airway walls exposed, offering new insight into asthma attacks and drug delivery ...

IIT Bombay study reveals excess mucus weakens lung defenses, increasing allergy attacks by exposing airway walls to ...

IIT Bombay researchers found excessive mucus in airways, caused by pollution, weakens lung defenses. This results in exposed airway walls vulnerable to allergens, triggering asthma attacks. The study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Reductions in mucus plug scores correlated with reductions in fractional exhaled nitric oxide levels. These ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus report that they have broken up deadly mucus secretions in the lungs, which can be fatal for asthma patients, at the molecular level ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mucus scores included 6 for the nonbiologic group and 3 for the biologic group. Mucus scores also included 5 for ...

The study, conducted by Swarnaditya Hazra and Professor Jason R. Picardo and published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, focuses on the “middle airways” — the branching tubes between the windpipe and ...

WASHINGTON -- Dupilumab (Dupixent) reduced airway inflammation and increased lung capacity in patients with uncontrolled, moderate-to-severe asthma, while also reducing troublesome mucus plugs, a ...

Mucus is an essential protective layer of gel-like liquid composed largely of proteins called mucins throughout our airways. One of them, called MUC5B, is crucial for the innate defense against the ...

Blessing Azeke wrapped her cardigan around her body as another asthma attack set in. Provoked by cold air from an overhead fan in her law school classroom in Enugu, Nigeria, her lungs refused to let ...

An irritating cough that just won’t go away is easy to dismiss as a mild inconvenience like a cold or flu, but in some cases, ...

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